Jimmy Huang
Jimmy Huang, professor and director of the School of Information Technology, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), received a Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Big Data Analytics. Huang鈥檚 research focuses on the areas of information retrieval, big data and their applications to the web and medical healthcare. The objective of his research program is to overcome limitations of existing information retrieval methods and to formally develop a new retrieval paradigm called context-sensitive and task-aware information search for big data.
More about the 91亚色 Research Chair program
The 91亚色 Research Chairs program serves as an internal twin for the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program. The level of support and recognition provided to 91亚色 Research Chairs is aligned with supports and recognition provided through the CRC program.
91亚色 Research Chairs are available at two levels analogous to CRC chairs. Tier I 91亚色 Research Chairs are open to established research leaders at the rank of Full Professor. Tier II 91亚色 Research Chairs are aimed at emerging research leaders within 15 years of their first academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Assistant Professor. Both have five-year terms that are renewable in the context of open-competition based on peer review and the continuing availability of resources.
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